AIR RACE TO AUSTRALIA

Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14229, 2 December 1919, Page 5

AIR RACE TO AUSTRALIA

CONTESTANTS LEAVE TOGETHER. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) ALLAHABAD, Dec. i. Captain Ross-Smith and Lieut Pou[et left Rangoon at daybreak for Singapore. Captain Ross-Smith expects to reach Bangkok in live hours, and is due in Australia at nine o'clock on December 13. He expects, however, to accomplish the journey by the 10th or 11th all going well. ROSS SMITH AT BANGKOK. (Reuter.) Received December 2, 12.40 p.m. RANGOON, December 1. Lieut. Poufet left for Bangkok 25 minutes after Captain Ross Smith. (United Press Association.) Received December 2, 12.40 p.m. SYDNEY, December 2. Captain Ross Smith cables from Bangkok under date December 1, that he left Rangoon at 7 a.m., and reached Bangkok at 1 p.m. A heavy storm after passing Moulmein caused delay, and drove ftim out of his course! He followed the River Meuam south to Bangkok, finding an excellent reception and assistance by the Siamese Aviation Corps. He hones to land at Singora on the 2nd, and Singapore on the 3rd. All are well. ANOTHER PROBABLE CONTESTANT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 2, 9.40 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 29. Lieutenant Porter, of the Royal Air Force, has entered for the Australian flight. The Beardmore-Aero Engine Company is collaborating with Lieut. Porter on the details of the machine, the construction of which has commenced. THE KANGAROO MOVING ON. Received December 2, 10.55 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 1. Captain Wilkins, on the Kangaroo machine, reached Pisa on Saturday and Rome on Sunday. He intended to leave for Taranto to-day.